A bitter cold snap in January resulted in headlines about saltwater fish-kills all across the South. Georgia reported shrimp kills. Florida lost some turtles, manatees and numbers of temperature-sensitive species, like snook, bonefish and tarpon. Thankfully, Alabama’s coast seemed to fare better than its sister states.
“We had a minimal fish kill,” said Vernon Minton, director of the Marine Resources Division. “It wasn’t nearly as bad for us as it was Florida. They had not only the fish, but the...
The sun was just starting to peek over the horizon when we heard the gobble. Unfortunately, my hunting partner and I were on the south side of a 200-acre, freshly plowed cotton field, and the bird was on the north side about 400 yards from us. Years...
Alabama’s upper Coosa River impoundments, Weiss and Neely Henry, are top-notch reservoirs for catching crappie in March. These two lakes consistently provide anglers with abundant numbers of good-sized, good-eating crappie each spring.
